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Earthwatch Institute's Urban Tree Project: Cambridge, MA

The Earthwatch Urban Forest Program aims to increase awareness of the value of urban forests by engaging people in the collection of scientific data that will contribute to local authority environmental management plans and scientific research.

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Field maple
Acer campestre

Norway Maple ¹
Acer platanoides

Red Maple ²
Acer rubrum

Silver Maple ³
Acer saccharinum

Sugar Maple ⁴
Acer saccharum

Carpinus ⁵

Cercidiphyllum japonicum

Flowering Dogwood ⁶
Cornus florida

White Ash ⁷
Fraxinus americana

Green Ash ⁸
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Ginkgo ⁹

honey locust ¹⁰
Gleditsia triacanthos

Koelreuteria bipinnata ⁴

goldenrain tree ¹¹
Koelreuteria paniculata

American Sweetgum ³
Liquidambar styraciflua

tuliptree ¹²
Liriodendron

Magnolia ¹³

Dawn Redwood ¹⁴
Metasequoia glyptostroboides

American Sycamore ¹⁵
Platanus occidentalis

Prunus sargentii

Common Pear ¹⁶
Pyrus communis

Swamp White Oak ⁴
Quercus bicolor

swamp chestnut oak ¹⁷
Quercus michauxii

Pin Oak ¹⁸
Quercus palustris

Northern Red Oak ¹⁹
Quercus rubra

Black Locust ²⁰
Robinia pseudoacacia

Simaroubaceae ²¹

Pagoda Tree ²²
Styphnolobium japonicum

Japanese tree lilac ²³
Syringa reticulata

Basswood ¹⁶
Tilia americana

Winterlinde ⁴
Tilia cordata

American Elm ²⁴
Ulmus americana

chinese elm ⁴
Ulmus parvifolia

siberian elm ⁸
Ulmus pumila

Zelkova serrata

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Earthwatch Institute's Urban Tree Project: Cambridge, MA

Field maple Acer campestre

Norway Maple 1 Acer platanoides

Red Maple 2 Acer rubrum

Silver Maple 3 Acer saccharinum

Sugar Maple 4 Acer saccharum

Flowering Dogwood 6 Cornus florida

White Ash 7 Fraxinus americana

Green Ash 8 Fraxinus pennsylvanica

honey locust 10 Gleditsia triacanthos

goldenrain tree 11 Koelreuteria paniculata

American Sweetgum 3 Liquidambar styraciflua

tuliptree 12 Liriodendron

Dawn Redwood 14 Metasequoia glyptostroboides

American Sycamore 15 Platanus occidentalis

Common Pear 16 Pyrus communis

Swamp White Oak 4 Quercus bicolor

swamp chestnut oak 17 Quercus michauxii

Pin Oak 18 Quercus palustris

Northern Red Oak 19 Quercus rubra

Black Locust 20 Robinia pseudoacacia

Pagoda Tree 22 Styphnolobium japonicum

Japanese tree lilac 23 Syringa reticulata

Basswood 16 Tilia americana

Winterlinde 4 Tilia cordata

American Elm 24 Ulmus americana

chinese elm 4 Ulmus parvifolia

siberian elm 8 Ulmus pumila